“I don’t get it. Why would you want to grow it and use it on your own daughter? None of this makes sense. You know I could have you banished for this or have you killed. Is that why you left your last pack to avoid punishment?”
“No, we were banished, or going to be anyway, because I hit the Alpha’s daughter,” Shirley tells me, not giving anything away, yet I knew there were other reasons. Something in my gut told me something else was going on.
“Katya will stay at the packhouse until further notice. Tell your husband to drop her things off tomorrow,” I tell her. She goes to object when I glare at her, forcing her mouth shut.
“I wasn’t asking, and until I know what is going on, Katya remains with me” I turn to go back to the room when she speaks.
“Can I at least speak with her privately? I need to apologize, so I know she doesn’t hate me. I honestly didn’t realize how much was in those pills,” She says.
“Not until you hand your stash over. You won’t be going near her,” I tell her mother. Shirley presses her lips in a line before reaching into her back pocket and pulling out what I thought at first was a wallet. She grabs my hand, shoving the container in it.
“I want to see my daughter,” she growls at me before realizing what she did. My eyes turning to my beast made her step back and let my arm go.
“If she permits it,” I tell her, turning my back on her and walking into the room and shutting the door in her face. I noticed her remain at the door, peering in, but I ignored her, turning to face Kat.
Katya looked behind me worriedly, Mateo sitting on the edge of the bed. He leaps to his feet, and I sit beside her.
“Is my mother okay?‘ She asks. She nearly died because of the woman, yet she was more worried about her, forgetting that her mother was the same woman who almost murdered her.
“She is fine; she wants to speak to you. I told her it was up to you, though I don’t know why you would ever want to see her again after what she did,” I told her.
“She is my mother; she would never intentionally hurt me,” Katya says, looking back at the door.
“Do you want to see her?”
“Nothing, you have five minutes,” I tell her, walking out. My wolf urged me to stay to calm my mate, but I would when her mother was gone. Doc comes out after me a few seconds later.
“Can you give her a sedative?” I ask him, and he nods.
“I can, but let’s see if her mother calms her. She is quite frightened of you Alpha, are you sure you should take her home with you?” Doc asks me.
“Well, I am not leaving her with her mother; she has no reason to fear me,” I tell him, and he also agrees.
We waited in the hall, and I had to move away from her door. I didn’t want Shirley anywhere near my mate, and knowing she was in there with her had me on edge. Mateo nods as I step away from the door and take my place to keep his eyes on Shirley.
I now understood why her mate hit her; to do that to your own daughter was disgusting and unforgivable. By the way, Derrick spoke to her. I could tell this wasn’t the first time he had dealt with his wife poisoning their daughter, and all for the sake of her building a poison that could kill her.

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